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1. Active directory DNS ____ replicate between forests.
Installing and imaging on hardware agnostic systems as long as the processor architecture is the same (32 or 64 bit)
Perform an offline migration
So the downstream servers can recieve its approved updates via parent server. This allows multiple points of deployment. Downstream servers also can be delegated the permission to approve their own updates
Does not

2. What is another way to deploy an application compatibility database across multiple computers?
Subtract the number of bits in the mask from 32 bits (255.255.255.255). Take the result (x) and have 2 to the power of the result (2^x). Subtract that final result by 2 and that is the amount of host addresses available.
Install NAP on the computer with the DHCP service.Configure NAP as a RADIUS proxy and forward connection requests to the RADIUS server.
By coping the application compatibility database to a network location and run a logon script that includes SDBInst on each computer - specifying the UNC path of the file.
Can be used to create virtual hard disks

3. What does Reliability Monitor display?
Increase the SOA refresh interval parameter.
Devices and Printers Control Panel applet has a
Problem history but also application installation history.
Use your computer's zone ID at the end of the destination address. The zone ID of an IPV6 address is locally significant.

4. What does WinRS do?
A new Microsoft proprietary file system supported in Windows 7 which is intended for flash drives but often called FAT64 - limit of 264 bytes (16 Exabytes).
Run Disk Cleanup and click Clean up system files. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation - type the password or provide confirmation. Click the More Options tab - under System Restore and Shadow Copies - click Clean up. In
Command line equilivant of Server Manager. You can install/remove roles and features on server 2008?
It lets you launch process on a remote machine via command line. Example: winrs -r:(remotehost) ipconfig /all

5. Can you choose which media libraries you want to share with your homegroup?
Expose a WIM file contents through Windows Explorer. You can run BCDEDIT.EXE against the mounted image to create or modify the image's boot configuration database.
Use AD integrated zones so the clients can update to more than one DNS server.
Yes
By either using WSUS management console (server side targeting) or GPO (client side targeting).

6. What is a ns record?
Problem Steps Recorder in the Windows 7 operating system is a feature that enables users to record their interactions with an application and provide a detailed screen-by-screen view with accompanying information including mouse clicks and keyboard i
It designates an authoritative DNS server - not the soa record.
No
Command-line tool for creating an image file (.iso) of a customized 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows PE. You can then burn that .iso file to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Oscdimg supports ISO 9660 - Joliet - and Universal Disk Format (UDF) file systems.

7. What should you use for enhanced wireless security?
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All Programs - Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode Applications. To run your application directly from the Windows 7 desktop - just go to your Start menu.
Use WPA with AES encryption. WPA-Personal requires a preshared key and WPA-Enterprise uses Radius Authentication.
It which enables content from file and Web servers on a wide area network (WAN) to be cached on computers at a local branch office. BranchCache can improve application response time and reduce WAN traffic. Cached content can either be distributed acr

8. What are the proven - standards-based technologies that DirectAccess is built on?
Use it to generate an EFS user certificate
Adds a file based zone
WPA-Enterprise (radius authentication)
Internet Protocol security (IPsec) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

9. Where must SSL certificates must be issued by?
It create a report of which files will be migrated
System Restore Points as well as Previous Versions of Files (configured through the System applet).
Add an AD integrated zone
A CA users trust or they will get error messages when trying to securely access a web site. They can avoid the error by installing the CA certificate to the Trusted Root Certificate Store.

10. What does Cipher /X do?
Sett up a priority for the preferred smtp server.
Use it to can backup certificates to a .PFX file that is password protected.
Yes
It lets you launch process on a remote machine via command line. Example: winrs -r:(remotehost) ipconfig /all

11. What OS can Applocker policies not be enforced?
By unbinding the DHCP protocol from the nic attached to the subnet.
WPA2 and 802.1x but require EAP-TLS to be enable.
Windows 7 Professional.
Use the Cipher.exe command line tool.

12. What does PNPUTIL.EXE do?
A CA users trust or they will get error messages when trying to securely access a web site. They can avoid the error by installing the CA certificate to the Trusted Root Certificate Store.
It insert drivers into the Windows Driver Store so that users can add the associated PNP hardware without having to provide the driver or administrator credentials
Backups of the full system including all critical volumes (volumes that contain operating system state).
Enable remote management on a computer and create the proper inbound rules on the advanced firewall.

13. What is a NAP policy?
Install Windows Installer Packages (.MSI) files. You can script the installation.
Assign a ipsec policy to all computers - verify the computers can manually authenticate. Assign a client respond only IPSEC policy to the computers. Also either the request server or the security server need IPSEC polices assigned.
It is a network health policy defines the minumum level of client health required to connect to the network.
Configure a GPO to modify the computers location to look for updates.

14. How do you troubleshoot DHCP client address assignment using the network monitor?
Se a capture filter based on the mac address of the problem PC.
Internet Protocol security (IPsec) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
When you plug a ReadyBoost-compatible storage device into your computer - the AutoPlay dialog box offers you the option to speed up your PC using ReadyBoost. If you select this option - you can choose how much memory on the device to use for this pur
Run: Cscript slmgr.vbs /dl

15. What is Client for Microsoft Networks?
It is the Microsoft SMB client for accessing shared network resources
Export and import it from another computer.
The domain profile not the public or private.
Installing and imaging on hardware agnostic systems as long as the processor architecture is the same (32 or 64 bit)

16. What does the MigDocs.xml file do?
For the drive that Windows is installed on. System protection can only be turned on for drives that are formatted using the NTFS file system.
Use AD integrated zones so the clients can update to more than one DNS server.
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState tools to migrate all user folders and files that resides on the root of any drive and in the Users directory. However - it does not find and migrate any application data - program files - or any
Use dnscmd /zonerefresh.

17. How do you reload an active directory integrated zone from a ad database?
The local security logs.
Us edit dnscmd /zoneupdatefromdns command.
It can add a driver to an offline WIM image with the /Add-Driver option
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor - 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) - 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) - DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

18. What is jetpack.exe?
You start by selecting Windows XP Mode from the Windows 7 Start Menu. You can install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. For example - you can install applications via web - from storage devices - or from phy
The command used to preform an offline defrag. Example: jetpack DHCP.mdb temp.mdb
Configure the enforcement points as RADIUS clients.
Forward to another DNS server

19. What does the NEW-PSSESSION powershell applet do?
Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL
an email address where the @ is replaced with a period.
Pool Active Directory.
To display friendly labels to capture packet address headers.

20. What is a HomeGroup?

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21. How do you secure a WSUS connection to a remote SQL server?
To deploy the policy and understand its impact before enforcing it.
IPSEC
Subtract the number of bits in the mask from 32 bits (255.255.255.255). Take the result (x) and have 2 to the power of the result (2^x). Subtract that final result by 2 and that is the amount of host addresses available.
A feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer's system files and settings. System protection also saves previous versions of files that you've modified. It saves these files in restore points - which are created just befo

22. What is the command to set a forwarding computer for event log forwarding?
You add it back to a DNS zone - clear the server DNS cache and clients DNS cache.
You start by selecting Windows XP Mode from the Windows 7 Start Menu. You can install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. For example - you can install applications via web - from storage devices - or from phy
WINRM QUICKCONFIG.
It is submitted to Microsoft for "device signing" to ensure the driver was adequately tested and will not affect the integrity of the operating system. Critical files are digitally signed so that any changes to these may be easily detected. However n

23. What is Sysprep?
Windows XP and Server 2003.
Vista SP1 and Server 2008 and above.
It can be used to configure an unattended install of Windows 7. The answer file is now an XML file instead of an INF file. You should to use Windows System Image Manager to create the XML file. To use this XML file - copy it to c:windowssystem32syspr
It lets you launch process on a remote machine via command line. Example: winrs -r:(remotehost) ipconfig /all

24. How do you upgrade windows 7?
Run scripts
Use IPV6 Unique Local Addresses.
All you have to do is purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft or another authorized retailer to unlock those new features.
Assign a ipsec policy to all computers - verify the computers can manually authenticate. Assign a client respond only IPSEC policy to the computers. Also either the request server or the security server need IPSEC polices assigned.

25. What are hard disk quotas?
When the OS loads using MSCONFIG.EXE which is also known as the System Configuration tool.
It is a temporary wireless profile that doesn't validate the certificate of the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server.
they are enforced and will not allow a user to exceed the space limit.
A new feature for Offline Files & Folders. Prior to Windows 7 - to open a file across a slow network - client computers always retrieved the file from the server - even if the client computer had recently read the file. With Windows 7 transparent cac

26. What does DRIVERQUERY /SI do?
BCD boot file creation and repair tool. The bcdboot.exe command-line tool is used to copy critical boot files to the system partition and to create a new system BCD store.
Internet printing protocol. Used for connecting to printers via web browser.
They are in the first 48 bits /48
It will display driver signing status

27. What must you do if you have a static ip address assigned?
IPsec to authenticate both the computer and user - allowing IT to manage the computer before the user logs on. Optionally - you can require a smart card for user authentication. It also leverages IPsec to provide encryption for communications across
In the registry. To bind to another computer remotly the remote registry service needs to run on the target PC.
Clicking and dragging a window to the right or left side of the desktop causes the window to fill the respective half of the screen. Snapping a window to the top of the desktop maximizes it. Resizing a window to touch the top or bottom edge of the sc
Verify that they are not within the scope of the dynamically assigned DHCP addresses.

28. How do you install applications in Windows XP Mode?
It is the max size is expressed in megabytes.
You start by selecting Windows XP Mode from the Windows 7 Start Menu. You can install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. For example - you can install applications via web - from storage devices - or from phy
A OOBE ready and will be booted into Windows Welcome
Use the net sh command to configure the proper ports for remote management.

29. What is an example of a exceptions to rule?
For example - you can create a rule that allows all Windows processes to run except Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Run slmgr.vbs -ato and then open up 3389 on windows firewall using netsh.
Clear the content being cached
Adds a file based zone

30. What can Windows 7 Enterprise can be directly upgraded to?
So the downstream servers can recieve its approved updates via parent server. This allows multiple points of deployment. Downstream servers also can be delegated the permission to approve their own updates
By an EFS Data Recovery Agent. If the computer is in a workgroup and the user has forgotten their password - the user should recover their own password with a Password Reset Disk in order to retain access to their encrypted files. If the administrato
A new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that replaces the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) feature. One of the advantages of Applocker rules over SRP is you can assign a rule to a security group or an individual user.
Windows 7 Ultimate.

31. What does it mean to Extend a Basic Disk Volume?
It can can forward requests from DHCP clients for ip addresses to a remote DHCP server.
Extensive Authentication Protocol used in PPP authentication.
On a core server
You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent unallocated space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume - it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.

32. How do you enable a recovery agent?
Boot to a Windows 7 setup DVD and run System Restore or boot to a System Repair Disk.
Scan through the %WinDir%WindowsUpdate.log (ie. C:WindowsWindowsUpdate.log) file.
Drop both inbound and outbound traffic
Issue a recovery agent certificate to a user and then import that certificate into a GPO that applies to the computer where that user will be allowed to recover any EFS encrypted files. EFS Data recovery agents are optional

33. What must you do if DHCP is not installed on the same computer as the RADIUS server?
Install NAP on the computer with the DHCP service.Configure NAP as a RADIUS proxy and forward connection requests to the RADIUS server.
ISATAP Routers within an orginization - 6TO4 routers to transverse the internet - and TEREDO to traverse a NAT devise.
A roecord to indicate the smtp server.
Using wecutil -cs in an xml file.

34. What protocol does Ping uses?
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.
Use the "Connect to a Workplace" option
Create a customized shell
The ICMP protocol.

35. What version does Windows XP must have to be able to connect with Remote Desktop to a computer requiring network level authentication?
By caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files (CSC) cache. Subsequent reads to the same file are then satisfied from the client (cache) after verifying the integrity of the cached copy.
EAP authentication needs to be enabled for remote access authentication (dial up - VPN - wireless) -.
SP3
It will prevent a user from deleting files in a folder. Granting Modify permission to the Creator Owners Group will allow users to delete the files they create but not the files of other users.

36. What mode is BranchCache configured for branch offices with fewer than 50 users?
The latest Vista Service Pack
It is submitted to Microsoft for "device signing" to ensure the driver was adequately tested and will not affect the integrity of the operating system. Critical files are digitally signed so that any changes to these may be easily detected. However n
A new feature for Offline Files & Folders. Prior to Windows 7 - to open a file across a slow network - client computers always retrieved the file from the server - even if the client computer had recently read the file. With Windows 7 transparent cac
Distributed Cache mode. In this mode - local Windows 7 clients keep a copy of the content and make it available to other authorized clients that request the same data. This eliminates the need to have a server in the branch office. However - unlike H

37. How do you view failed WSUS updates on the WSUS server?
A OOBE ready and will be booted into Windows Welcome
A network policy server. It is microsofts implementation of RADIUS server and replaces the IAS (internet authentication service) from windows 2003.
By running the Update Status summary report.
Plug in the drive and then select properties of the drive. You can make changes through the ReadyBoost tab.

38. How can you removed a stale resource record from DNS?
Configure aging and scavenging.
A CA users trust or they will get error messages when trying to securely access a web site. They can avoid the error by installing the CA certificate to the Trusted Root Certificate Store.
Configure a firewall rule to the specific port and block all connections.
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.

39. What is the command line version of windows server backup?
Credentials - such as user names and passwords that you use to log on to websites or other computers on a network. By storing your credentials - Windows can automatically log you on to websites or other computers. Credentials are saved in special fol
wbadmin.exe. This can backup critical files.
Internet printing protocol. Used for connecting to printers via web browser.
They can place quotas on folders/volumes - activity screen files - and generate comprehensive storage reports. This assists in not only monitoring existing resource but helping on future planning.

40. What does "wbdadmin -startrecovery -version" do?
Who can shutdown a computer
Specified the version identifer of the back to recover in MM?DD/YYYY-HH:MM format. If the version is unknown wdadmin will get the version.
It can speed up your computer by using storage space on most USB flash drives and flash memory cards. ReadyBoost is designed to help when your PC's memory is running low. Low memory can make your computer sluggish because Windows - which needs a plac
Can be configured through a GPO

41. How do you create a custom Windows PE image that supports windows scripting host?
Use the Advanced Firewall to define Connection Security Rules.
Where you go to manage your documents - music - pictures - and other files. You can browse your files the same way you would in a folder - or you can view your files arranged by properties like date - type - and author. In some ways - a library is si
It enables you to surf the web without leaving a trail in Internet Explorer. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing where you visited and what you looked at on the web. You can start InPrivate Browsing from the ne
Modify the PE image using DISM by adding the WINPE-Scripting package to BOOT.WIM

42. What happens when 3rd party vendors create a new driver?
Tools adds out-of-box drivers to a booted Windows PE image. It takes one or more driver .inf files as inputs.
Computer certificates be installed on client computers
It is submitted to Microsoft for "device signing" to ensure the driver was adequately tested and will not affect the integrity of the operating system. Critical files are digitally signed so that any changes to these may be easily detected. However n
ISATAP Routers within an orginization - 6TO4 routers to transverse the internet - and TEREDO to traverse a NAT devise.

43. How do you restrict which DNS servers get a zone transfer?
To another hard disk in the same computer - network or to removable media.
Configure the primary zone to transfer to only DNS servers listed on the names server tab or by ip address.
Extensive Authentication Protocol used in PPP authentication.
Create a customized shell

44. How do you manage EFS from the command line?
Use the Cipher.exe command line tool.
It contains new capabilities and extensions that you can: Define rules based on file attributes - Create exceptions to rules - Import and export rules - and use audit-only mode.
It is the Microsoft SMB client for accessing shared network resources
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState tools to migrate all user folders and files that resides on the root of any drive and in the Users directory. However - it does not find and migrate any application data - program files - or any

45. How do you configure client computers to use a WSUS server as the source for Windows Update?
By either using WSUS management console (server side targeting) or GPO (client side targeting).
Modify/Create a GPO
Configure a GPO to modify the computers location to look for updates.
Conditional forward

46. How do you initiate a zone transfer?
They must be configured with the ip addresses of the radius server.
Enterprise and Ultimate versions. The limitation refers only to the ability to enable protection on a removable storage device. Once BitLocker To Go is added to a storage device - that device can be used normally with any version of Windows 7. It can
They relay the status on polices to the Security center for NAP to validate the system to use the network.
Use dnscmd /zonerefresh.

47. When you install an application in Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode - where does it automatically creates a Windows 7 Start Menu Shortcut under?
They are written in XML and be created using the Windows System Image Manager or a text editor like notepad.
All Programs - Windows Virtual PC - Windows XP Mode Applications. To run your application directly from the Windows 7 desktop - just go to your Start menu.
They are monitored but not enforced. Users can exced there quota limit.
Run: Cscript slmgr.vbs /dl

48. Does Windows 7 does have an email client like Outlook Express or Windows Mail?
No
From the Network Policy Access Services role in system manager.
Through a GPO under Application Control Policies in the Computer Security Settings Node.
They restrict disk space usage for users. If you modify the quota template it applies changes to all folders that the template is assigned.

49. How do you can disable programs from autostarting?
Can be configured through a GPO
When the OS loads using MSCONFIG.EXE which is also known as the System Configuration tool.
It pings with IPV6
It is where Internet access is direct and not routed through the VPN - configure advanced TCPIP network properties and uncheck the option "Use Default Gateway on Remote Network".

50. What is Optimize for scalability polling mode do?
It insert drivers into the Windows Driver Store so that users can add the associated PNP hardware without having to provide the driver or administrator credentials
Also known as root scalability mode. Allows organizations with more than 16 namespace servers use consistency mode. They poll the nearest dc every hour instead of the pdc emulator. This reduces network traffic to the pdc emulator but clients might ha
Issue a recovery agent certificate to a user and then import that certificate into a GPO that applies to the computer where that user will be allowed to recover any EFS encrypted files. EFS Data recovery agents are optional
wbadmin.exe. This can backup critical files.